Improved fruit-drier



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DILnoaiUs Donnas, or 'roar SEN/ECA, ont o`.` -L'eam Paten: No. 72,377,y dated beamte 17, 1867.

IMPROVBD FRUIT-Dams.

TOv ALL WHOM I'I IIIAY CONCERN:

y Be it known that IfDILEcrUs DURFnE, of Fort Seneca, in the county of Seneca, and in the State oi' Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fruit-Drier;` and do` hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, 'and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of'referenee marked. thereon.

In the annexed drawiugs,4making part ofv thisspeciiication, A represents a. large rectangular box `or kiln, which is provided at its top with a hinged lid, B, at one end-with a door, F, and at its back with a. door, G. D represents a stove or furnace, which is placed in the box near the door F, and which is provided with a pipe, E, which runs beneath the fruit-drawers, and then passes up through a Hue, in the end of the`box',`to its top. C C represent divisionsin'the box A, which are placed vertically near the ends of the box.' The inner faces of th`ese partitions or division-boards are either grooved `or provided with cleatsto form ways on which the fruit-drawers slide or rest. L L represent the fruit-drawers, which are simply drawers with slatted bottoms, separatedsuiieicntly'to allow of the passage of air up through them freely.` The grooves may be made dove-tailed, or the cleats may be so formed that they will, when secured on, form dove-tailed grooves, and the ends of theldrawers are formedto tit snugly in these grooves. Every other drawer is provided with a pin in its back rail, which catches into a recess ot the rail of the drawer above it. /These pins connect the drawers together, allowing them to draw out in succession, but not permitting them to separate. H H represent two hinged supporters, which v are provided on their inner lfaces with grooves or cleats similar to` those on the division-boards C C', the sup-` .portegs being'hinged to the box in such a manner, that when they are opened out, as seenin iig. 2, their grooves form a prolongation of those upon the boards C C. The object of these supporters is to sustain the drawers when they are drawn out of the box, in stair-step form, to` allow of the action of` the sun upon the fruit when desirable. J J represent two stays, which project from the box, and being inclined, their outer ends rest upon thecarth or the floor upon which the drier is placed. Pivoted to the supporters H are two arms,-I I, which project downward, with their lower ends resting in recesses formed for them in the stays JJ. The arms I I serve to brace up and sustain the outer. ends of tlie supporters H, when they are encumbered with theaveight of the drawers. Y p

In using *this drier, the fruit is spread 'upon the'drawers L L, and they are closed up t0 their places in the box. 'Ihe supporters H fold in lilie doors, as scn iniig. 3. A tire is kindled in the furnace D, and the heat arising circulates among the drawers and the fruit within them.

` When it is desired to submit the fruit tothe action of the sun, the supporters H are thrown open and braced, and the drawers are drawnout, in step-i`orrn, so as to expose the contents of each ,to the sun.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure byLe'tters Patent,'is

1. `The drawers L L, arranged together within dove-tailed grooves in the partition-boards C C', and con-V nected by the pins t in their rear rails, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The grooved and hinged supporters H, the drawers L L,the stays J','and arms I I, arranged and used as and for the purpose set forth. y i y v i In .testimony that I claim theforegoing, I have hereunto set my hand, this 4th dayof June, 1867. p

y DILEGTUS DURFEE.

Witnesses:

A. O. BALDWIN, FRED. P. BLooM. 

